Brace yourself: Russian music is coming!

You are sick of Last Christmas and need a break from all this christmassy music? Well, let's listen to some Russian music then ... RASA - Под фонарём This is one of my favourites that always get stuck in my head. It's not a very complex song, but nice to dance to - be it...

But sh**, it was 150 rubles!

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who love thriftshopping and those who hate it. Guess what - I belong to the first group (as you can easily tell after throwing a glance at my fancy hat). Nevertheless, so far I only made it to one fleamarket in Piter - but therefore...

golden autumn – wilting crowns

I didn't notice when exactly, but one of those days during the last weeks the leaves suddenly turned golden - and the parks of the city into magical places, thanks to the autumn sun. With the golden leaves also girls with leave crowns came up. It didn't take long to notice that crafting wreaths out of...

Lermontov: A Hero of Our Time

If you are wondering right now, "Who is Lermontov? And why is he a hero?", you probably have as much knowledge as me regarding Russian literature. Even though everybody knows at least some names when it comes Russian literature - who hasn't heard of Tolstoi, Dostojevski or Pushkin? - maybe you haven't heard about Lermontov...

game on: back to the soviet era

There are many museums really worth visiting in Saint Petersburg, but this one is the most fun for sure: in the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines you can not only have a look at the machines, you can also try them out. So, let's play! My first impression when we approached the machines was that most...

Cat-herine the Great

Yes, this really happened. We had coffee with a cat! And we didn't even go to a special "Cat Café", we just went to Пышечная near Nevski Prospekt to have pishki, a Russian version of donuts ... and when we wanted to sit down, I noticed that there was a orange fluffball sleeping on one of...